# Amazon Transcribe (أمازون ترانسكرايب)

> Amazon Transcribe is currently blocked in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: blocked
- Outreach: No Outreach
- Company: [Amazon](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/amazon.md)
- Categories: AI Voice & Music, AI Infrastructure & Platforms, API Services
- Official site: https://aws.amazon.com/transcribe/
- Community votes: 5
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-transcribe

## About

Automatic speech recognition service for converting audio to text

## Activity summary

Blocked in Syria, confirmed by community testing in March 2026. The commercial landing page and the free demo both load, but clicking "Get started" redirects to the AWS Console, which returns a 400 "Access Restricted" error stating AWS does not provide services in the user's region. No outreach to the company has been recorded yet.

## Community reports

- 2026-03-28 — Verified. Community testing confirmed that Amazon Transcribe remains blocked in Syria. The commercial landing page at aws.amazon.com/transcribe loads successfully, and the free demo ("Try Free Demo") at d2oicmkm7o4dqj.cloudfront.net is also accessible. However, clicking "Get started with Amazon Transcribe" redirects to console.aws.amazon.com/transcribe where AWS returns a 400 status code with "Access Restricted — Your access is being restricted because you appear to be located in a country or region where we do not provide services." (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/l12yitffwkoe7xhqt8vkut8y/y1or4ohouej2aacr27g8tcsy-screen-1.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/vfnw1zwjse092j65513gwjm7/kx3rvu0b5ca2h5vc80bna4lt-screen-2.png, https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/u869zjnbfqrtwiwmb5fw3m29/nlgsb04wc1m260o6ot1wcce4-screen-3.png)

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-transcribe?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/amazon-transcribe/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/amazon-transcribe
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/amazon-transcribe.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/amazon-transcribe.md